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Sand Creek Massacre
The Sand Creek Massacre, occuring on November 29, 1864. The gold and silver rush brought many wihte settlers to the mountains and foothills, which dislocated the Cheyenne and the Arapahos. Tensions soo began to boil between the settlers and the indians, and the outraged indians began to attack wagons trains and stagecoaches. As tensions settled, peace was no longer avalible. Men from the Lyon fort were ordered to destroy the rest of the Aparaho's and the Sioux, killing men women and children. -
Fetterman Massacre
On December 6, 1866, Sioux indians attacked a wood trian for a second time. Captain William Feterman bragged that he and he 79 men could wipe out the whole Sioux nation. Fettermans order's were clear, "Relieve the wood train. Under no circumstances pursue the enemy beyond Lodge
Trail Ridge." Fetterman disbeyed and pursued them anyways and were completly surrounded by a flank to the behind. Within 20 minutes Fetterman and his 79 men were dead -
Battle of Little Bighorn
An 1868 treaty was supposed to bring peace to the land, but tensions remained and finaly erupted one more time in conflict a few years later. No person or persons were able to step on or settle on the land. However, gold was found and the government wanted to buy the land, but Sitting Bull refused. So George Custer was Ordered to attack the native americans on june 5, 1876, Custer faced a conflict with thousands of indians and 250 of his men. Custer and all of his men lost their lives. -
1874 Discovery
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Treaty of Fort Laramie
In the spring of 1868 a conference was held at Fort Laramie, in present day Wyoming, that resulted in a treaty with the Sioux. This treaty was to bring peace between the whites and the Sioux who agreed to settle within the Black Hills reservation in the Dakota Territory. -
Ghost Dance
Ghost dance is a way for for the Sioux to express thier culture that was being destroyed. As the ritual spread, reservation offcials became alarmed and decided to ban the dance. Believing that their cheif, Sitting Bull, was the leader of the movement, police went to his camp to arrest him. Sitting Bull was shot. -
Wounded Knee
Several hundred Lakota Sioux fled in fear after Siting bukk swas shot. They gathered at a creek call Wounded Knee in the southernwest South Dakota. On December 29, 1890, the army went to gather the Sioux weapons. No one knows what satarted the conflict, but when a pistol shot rang, the armiy responded with fire, leaving 200 Sioux and 25 soldiers dead.
